The Week in Photos, Sunday, January 5
January 03, 2020 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: January 04, 2020 3:45 pm
Adwoa Bandele-Asante, of New London, waves a Pan-African flag as she sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing" during a Kwannzaa Celebration at Cultured Studios in New London on Sunday, December 29, 2019. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A look back at the week in Photos from The Day, Sunday, January 5, 2020.
Seanice Austin helps Maya McIntear, 5, light the Kinara during a Kwannzaa Celebration at Cultured Studios in New London on Sunday, December 29, 2019. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Josh Brown performs a step routine during a Kwannzaa Celebration at Cultured Studios in New London on Sunday, December 29, 2019. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Verity Wilkinson, 3, of Groton, left, leads Alice Price, 3, of Mystic, and Julia Meseha, 3, of Salem, dancing around the legs of Jill Kubeck during a music and movement program Monday, December 30, 2019 at the Groton Public Library. Kubeck, of West Haven, was accompanied by her husband Jay in presenting her "Music and Movement Train" program, a series of songs with corresponding dance and movements. The performance was funded by the library's "Circle of Friends", a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to promoting and assisting the library. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Kevin DeFilippo sets a pair of discarded Christmas trees out for his Nubian goats to eat Monday, December 30, 2019. The needles, branches, and bark of the tree are a good source of vitamin C for the goats. DeFilipino says he took in 33 trees last year. The DeFilipinos keep the goats as pets as well as for their milk. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Sebastian Bortolin, 22-months, visiting from Kirkland, Washington, rings his jingle bell as Jill Kubeck reads "The Little Engine That Could" during a music and movement program Monday, December 30, 2019 at the Groton Public Library. Kubeck, of West Haven, was accompanied on guitar by her husband Jay in presenting her "Music and Movement Train" program, a series of songs with corresponding dance and movements. The performance was funded by the library's "Circle of Friends", a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to promoting and assisting the library. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Ted Phillips works with trainers Johnny Cody, left, and Ashely James at Whaling City Athletic Club's The Championship Rounds program for people with movement disorders Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Phillips suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in 2017 and the program at Whaling City Athletic is the latest of the therapies he has embarked upon in his recovery. . (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Trainer Johnny Cody, right, helps Ted Phillips walk while his wife Pat, back, and trainer Ashley James, left, , look-on at Whaling City Athletic Club's The Championship Rounds program for people with movement disorders Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Phillips suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in 2017 and the program at Whaling City Athletic is the latest of the therapies he has embarked upon in his recovery. . (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Brian Cosentino, center, gives a thumbs up as he takes a photo booth photo with his kids Lena, left, 9, and Nicholas, 8, all of Niantic, during the Countdown to Noon on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at the East Lyme Community Center. The annual event, hosted by the Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, featured arts and crafts, a photo booth, an inflatable planetarium and a balloon drop. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Kids reach for balloons at noon during the Countdown to Noon on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at the East Lyme Community Center. The annual event, hosted by the Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, featured arts and crafts, a photo booth, an inflatable planetarium and a balloon drop. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Victoria-Jayan appiah, 2, of East Lyme, looks up at balloons during the Countdown to Noon on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at the East Lyme Community Center. The annual event, hosted by the Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, featured arts and crafts, a photo booth, an inflatable planetarium and a balloon drop. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Scott MacGregor sounds his bugle as New Years revelers, and runners prepare to start their run to Esker Point Beach in Noank Tuesday, January 1, 2020. The run and dip, in its 51st year, started as an informal gathering of friends of Boston Marathon champion Amby Burfoot. The group, which numbered over 100, started at the statue of Boston Marathon champion Johnny Kelley in Mystic and proceeds along Noank Rd. at a pace friendly to even the slowest participant to end with the brief plunge a the beach. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
New Years revelers, and runners, splash in the waters of Fishers Island Sound at Esker Point Beach in Noank Tuesday, January 1, 2020. The run and dip, in its 51st year, started as an informal gathering of friends of Boston Marathon champion Amby Burfoot. The group, which numbered over 100, started at the statue of Boston Marathon champion Johnny Kelley in Mystic and proceeds along Noank Rd. at a pace friendly to even the slowest participant to end with the brief plunge a the beach. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Ted Phillips embraces Kent Ward, owner of the Whaling City Athletic Club, following a training session with The Championship Rounds program for people with movement disorders Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Phillips suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in 2017 and the program at Whaling City Athletic is the latest of the therapies he has embarked upon in his recovery. . (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Connecticut Army National Guard Specialist Chris Murphy embraces his wife Jadin as members of the guard's 192nd Military Police Battalion say goodbye to their families as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. The Niantic-based unit will spend several weeks training at a mobilization site at an active duty Army post in Texas before heading overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Stephen and Rachel Woods hold their newborn daughter Everly Tuesday, January 1, 2020 at L+M Hospital in New London. Everly was born at 2:42 a.m., 7 pounds, 14 ounces, 20-inches, making her the first baby of the new year in the region. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard 192nd Military Police Battalion march to their charter jet as they depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. The Niantic-based unit will spend several weeks training at a mobilization site at an active duty Army post in Texas before heading overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Kailey Jones, left, and Hannah Shoaf, right, look on as Scott Taylor attempts a handstand as the sun sets at the Watch Hill Lighthouse on Thursday, January 2, 2020. The friends, who all go to Gordon College, are enjoying their last few days of winter break. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Connecticut Army National Guard Capt Daniel Pasqale, left, and Maj. Carmelo Pena, wave to their family as they stand at the end of the line of soldiers from the 192nd Military Police Battalion boarding their charter jet to depart from the guard's Army Aviation Support Facility at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks Thursday, January 2, 2020. The Niantic-based unit will spend several weeks training at a mobilization site at an active duty Army post in Texas before heading overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Hannah Shoaf, left, takes a selfie with Kailey Jones, center, and Scott Taylor as the sun sets at the Watch Hill Lighthouse on Thursday, January 2, 2020. The friends, who all go to Gordon College, are enjoying their last few days of winter break. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Diamond Carter, 11, gets a face full of puppy from the Robinson family's new puppy, a lab mix named "Brandy" as Selah Robinson, 9, looks on at the Jennings School playground Friday, January 3, 2020. The Robinson girls, Selah, 9, Cherith, 8, and Jerusha, 7, and their dad, Lee, were at the playground to exercise the puppy. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Selah Robinson, 9, holds her family's new puppy, a lab mix named "Brandy" as she and her sisters, Cherith, 8, and Jerusha, 7, accompanied by their father Lee, and fellow park-goer Diamond Carter, 11, all not pictured, play with the puppy at the Jennings School playground Friday, January 3, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
1/4/20 :: REGION :: STAND ALONE :: Marc Bernier, a former chantey man at Mystic Seaport Museum, leads a song as enthusiasts of sea chantey music gather at the Frohsinn Hall for the annual Chantey Blast and Pub Sing Saturday, January 4, 2020 in Mystic. The event, which is co-hosted by the Friends of the Sea Music Festival and the Folk Music Society of New York, is a fundraiser for the Mystic Seaport Museum's annual Sea Music Festival and draws musicians and fans from near and far. Members of the museum's chantey singers, as well as anyone in attendance, take turns leading songs. The 41st annual Sea Music Festival will be June 11-14. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
1/4/20 :: REGION :: STAND ALONE :: Miriam Beit-Aharon, of Boston, signals the room to go around again as she leads a song at the Frohsinn Hall for the annual Chantey Blast and Pub Sing Saturday, January 4, 2020 in Mystic. Beit-Ahron, who said she attend the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program and worked two years as crew on a tall ship, quipped "these are my people." The event, which is co-hosted by the Friends of the Sea Music Festival and the Folk Music Society of New York, is a fundraiser for the Mystic Seaport Museum's annual Sea Music Festival and draws musicians and fans from near and far. Members of the museum's chantey singers, as well as anyone in attendance, take turns leading songs. The 41st annual Sea Music Festival will be June 11-14. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
1/4/20 :: REGION :: SPINELLA :: Zachary Kraft-Shinn, left, of Black Bear Dojo in Stonington, leads a "Jedi" workshop for Sophie and Remi Lavergne, of Waterford, at Hot on Bank yoga studio in New London Saturday, January 4, 2020. Saturday's workshop with an early session for children age 6-13, and one for adults, include meditation and breath work to lower stress and provide clarity as well as an obstacle course and "light saber" training. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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